“Brilliant”
Very apt 😂😎

He even wrote a song about me.. though being told I had a face like a zebra was hard to take…. 🦓

I had a similar experience. My sister and I had a rough year and I decided to buy VIP tickets for the Manchester gig. A sort of s*d it moment. It was a brilliant experience!

I’ll listen to Neil later. My OH is sat next to me and won’t appreciate Neil this early 😝

Did you know cracklin Rosie isn’t a woman but alcohol?

All good. My fave is solitary man.

I didn’t know that many fans throw stuffed toy frogs onto the stage when he’s performing, as in
"Did you ever read about a frog who dreamed of bein' a king and then became one?"
He was knee deep in frogs!!!

The Walker Brothers
Neil Diamond
Joni Mitchell
Early Dire Straits
Eric Clapton 🎸

I saw him in Manchester. Fantastic. He did the whole of Hot August night. A fab live album and near perfect to hear him sing it!

I’ve recorded it. Maybe I should have watched it before I went!!

I ‘think’ ‘guzz under’ = ‘goes under” = ‘die’ 😝 She was a hoot my mum. I’m sure you are right about that generation. Also many of her phrases were from ITMA.

My mum had a phrase (she had so many odd ones that we labelled them ‘mumisms’) If she dropped some food she might sometimes expect us to eat it “get it eaten, we all eat a bit of dirt before we guzz under’. Me neither.

I trust you dusted it down and put it back ready to be carved 🦃